Tuesday, May 11, 2010

marimekko unikko tote GIVEAWAY

back in january, i posted about my trip to a marimekko store in finland. one of my prized purchases was this large bag, below.

marimekko.fi

the bag came out to be about 110 usd, which was a hard amount for me to swallow. but, since i had received a couple of gift cards for christmas, i decided to go all out. i love the color scheme of this bag, with the pink and red boldly sitting against a black background.

recently, while i was doing some fabric research online, i came across another bag with this pattern in my image results.

avon.com

"how cute!" i thought. i immediately investigated further. turns out, this tote bag is being sold at avon.com for a small fraction of what i paid for my other tote above (albeit, this one is smaller). apparently, marimekko partnered up with avon last fall to create this color scheme for avon's breast cancer crusade. look, it's reese witherspoon sporting the bag (i had no idea she was a honorary chairman).

what was a girl to do? i couldn't possibly pass up such a great offer. so, i promptly bought... a couple. a few. several. okay, okay, i bought a LOT. it's for a good cause right? other people in my life would love them as gifts, right? plus, i could always use a couple more totes myself (can you really have too many totes?). and surely... surely, one of my readers would love one.

right?

do you want one?

because i am giving one away. to you! well, maybe. if you're lucky. are you feeling lucky?

to enter the giveaway to win one marimekko - avon tote, you have the opportunity of up to 3 entries:

entry 1: follow my blog + leave a comment to inform me (if you are already following, leave a comment stating so)entry 2: leave a comment on this entry (tell me, do you like marimekko? own anything designed by them? are you brave enough to carry around a bag with giant red and pink poppies on them?)entry 3: blog about this giveaway, and leave me a 3rd comment + link me to the post
make sure you leave a way for me to contact you on your entry/entries!

this giveaway is open until midnight, wed, may 19th, central time. open to u.s. and canadian residents only!
1 winner will be chosen via random.org on thursday, may 20th.

Such a cute bag! I don't own anything by Marimekko, but this bag is so fun. I love the way Reese Witherspoon pulls off wearing this bold bag. I'm not as cool as her, but I think I could pull it off. It's a great summer bag.

I would totally carry this bag around. I have a tote in orange and green that I use shamelessly for groceries, and am sadly reminiscent of a pink, orange and magenta vintage fabric I parted with years ago, so this fabulous Marimekko pattern would suit me just fine.

I'm crazy about marimekko! This print is absolutely NOT to large or loud for me. I do not own anything by marimekko (although I do lust), but I think it would be really cool to use it in decorating to offset formal furniture.

This is such a fun bag! I would totally use it; it seems to be the perfect size to tote around the lesson plan book, calendar, and papers to grade I always have to cart between home and my classroom! Great giveaway! :D